#: 13904 S1/General Interest
    07-Jan-92  02:09:06
Sb: About AR Version 1.4
Fm: Wayne Day 76703,376
To: All

An important note to all forum library users....

We have decided to remove AR14.BIN, the AR Version 1.4 archiver, from the
forum's libraries, as well as asking everyone who has uploaded a file that was
archived using AR1.4 to re-upload the file using AR Version 1.2.  Note: in an
earlier message, I inadvertently said that AR Version 1.3 was the current one,
but 1.2 really is!

We have done this in an effort to honor our committment to Carl Kreider, the
author of AR, who copyrighted AR and allowed us to distribute the executable
code and source code.  He noted in his uploads that he wished to control the
future evolutions of AR through software upgrades in an effort to insure
compatibility with previous versions.

We have also noted that this new version of AR, which Carl did not authorize,
also seems to have a couple of problems reported by users.

Carl has indicated that he's working on a new version of AR, but has not
indicated when that new version will be along.

So, until then we ask that all uploaders who are going to use the AR archiver
use Version 1.2.

As usual, when forum staff screen uploads, they will reject any Version 1.4 AR
uploads and ask the uploader to try again, using Version 1.2.

We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause you, but feel that these
actions will be in the best interest of the entire OS-9 community.

Thanks!

  Wayne Day
  forum manager